European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 229

Volume 229, Number 1, August 2013

Invited Review

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  Andreas Bortfeldt, Gerhard Wäscher:
  Constraints in container loading - A state-of-the-art review. 1-20

Continuous Optimization

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  Zhibin Deng, Shu-Cherng Fang, Qingwei Jin, Wenxun Xing:
  Detecting copositivity of a symmetric matrix by an adaptive ellipsoid-based approximation scheme. 21-28
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  Pando G. Georgiev, Dinh The Luc, Panos M. Pardalos:
  Robust aspects of solutions in deterministic multiple objective linear programming. 29-36
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  Antonio Frangioni, Enrico Gorgone:
  A library for continuous convex separable quadratic knapsack problems. 37-40

Discrete Optimization

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  Enrique Gerstl, Gur Mosheiov:
  Due-window assignment with identical jobs on parallel uniform machines. 41-47
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  Konstantin Chakhlevitch, Celia A. Glass, Natalia V. Shakhlevich:
  Minimising the number of gap-zeros in binary matrices. 48-58
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  Feifeng Zheng, Yongxi Cheng, Yinfeng Xu, Ming Liu:
  Competitive strategies for an online generalized assignment problem with a service consecution constraint. 59-66
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  Gino J. Lim, Ayse Durukan Sonmez:
  γ-Robust facility relocation problem. 67-74

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Yahia Zare Mehrjerdi, Ali Nadizadeh:
  Using greedy clustering method to solve capacitated location-routing problem with fuzzy demands. 75-84
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  Stefanos Doltsinis, Svetan M. Ratchev, Niels Lohse:
  A framework for performance measurement during production ramp-up of assembly stations. 85-94
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  Marcus Ang, Jing-Sheng Song, Mingzheng Wang, Hanqin Zhang:
  On properties of discrete (r, q) and (s, T) inventory systems. 95-105
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  Mariona Vilà, Jordi Pereira:
  An enumeration procedure for the assembly line balancing problem based on branching by non-decreasing idle time. 106-113

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Wheyming Tina Song, Mingchang Chih:
  Run length not required: Optimal-mse dynamic batch means estimators for steady-state simulations. 114-123
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  Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez:
  Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts. 124-131
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  Adil M. Bagirov, Julien Ugon, Hijran G. Mirzayeva:
  Nonsmooth nonconvex optimization approach to clusterwise linear regression problems. 132-142

Decision Support

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  Gerald Midgley, Robert Y. Cavana, John Brocklesby, Jeff L. Foote, David R. R. Wood, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll:
  Towards a new framework for evaluating systemic problem structuring methods. 143-154
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  Roger Adkins, Dean Paxson:
  The effect of tax depreciation on the stochastic replacement policy. 155-164
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  Steven O. Kimbrough, Frederic H. Murphy:
  Strategic bidding of offer curves: An agent-based approach to exploring supply curve equilibria. 165-178
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  Michael Schönlein, Thomas Makuschewitz, Fabian Wirth, Bernd Scholz-Reiter:
  Measurement and optimization of robust stability of multiclass queueing networks: Applications in dynamic supply chains. 179-189
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  Edilson F. Arruda, Fabrício Ourique, Jason Lacombe, Anthony Almudevar:
  Accelerating the convergence of value iteration by using partial transition functions. 190-198
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  Marjolein J. W. Harmsen-van Hout, P. Jean-Jacques Herings, Benedict G. C. Dellaert:
  Communication network formation with link specificity and value transferability. 199-211

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Bruno Henriques Dias, Marcelo Aroca Tomim, André Luís Marques Marcato, Tales Pulinho Ramos, Rafael Bruno S. Brandi, Ivo Chaves da Silva Junior, João Alberto Passos Filho:
  Parallel computing applied to the stochastic dynamic programming for long term operation planning of hydrothermal power systems. 212-222
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  Kimitoshi Sato, Katsushige Sawaki:
  A continuous-time dynamic pricing model knowing the competitor's pricing strategy. 223-229
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  Roy Lindelauf, Herbert Hamers, Bart Husslage:
  Cooperative game theoretic centrality analysis of terrorist networks: The cases of Jemaah Islamiyah and Al Qaeda. 230-238
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  Jean André, Stéphane Auray, Jean Brac, Daniel De Wolf, Guy Maisonnier, Mohamed-Mahmoud Ould Sidi, Antoine Simonnet:
  Design and dimensioning of hydrogen transmission pipeline networks. 239-251
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  Hongyan Gao, Fasheng Liu:
  Estimating freeway traffic measures from mobile phone location data. 252-260
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  Ali Edrissi, Hossain Poorzahedy, Habibollah Nassiri, Mehdi Nourinejad:
  A multi-agent optimization formulation of earthquake disaster prevention and management. 261-275

Short Communication

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  Sungmook Lim, Joe Zhu:
  Integrated data envelopment analysis: Global vs. local optimum. 276-278

Corrigendum

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  Bertrand Hellion, Fabien Mangione, Bernard Penz:
  Corrigendum to "A polynomial time algorithm to solve the single-item capacitated lot sizing problem with minimum order quantities and concave costs" [Eur. J. Oper. Res. (2012) 10-16]. 279

Volume 229, Number 2, September 2013

Invited Review

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  Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Elnaz Miandoabchi, Wai Yuen Szeto, Hannaneh Rashidi-Bajgan:
  A review of urban transportation network design problems. 281-302

Discrete Optimization

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  Emmanouil E. Zachariadis, Christos D. Tarantilis, Chris T. Kiranoudis:
  Designing vehicle routes for a mix of different request types, under time windows and loading constraints. 303-317
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  Marta Mesquita, Margarida Moz, Ana Paias, Margarida Vaz Pato:
  A decomposition approach for the integrated vehicle-crew-roster problem with days-off pattern. 318-331
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  Duc-Cuong Dang, Rym Nesrine Guibadj, Aziz Moukrim:
  An effective PSO-inspired algorithm for the team orienteering problem. 332-344
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  Shunji Tanaka, Shun Sato:
  An exact algorithm for the precedence-constrained single-machine scheduling problem. 345-352

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Ayse Akbalik, Christophe Rapine:
  The single item uncapacitated lot-sizing problem with time-dependent batch sizes: NP-hard and polynomial cases. 353-363
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  Shing Chih Tsai, Ya-Xin Zheng:
  A simulation optimization approach for a two-echelon inventory system with service level constraints. 364-374
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  Yingxue Zhao, Lijun Ma, Gang Xie, T. C. E. Cheng:
  Coordination of supply chains with bidirectional option contracts. 375-381

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Yisha Xiang:
  Joint optimization of X¯ control chart and preventive maintenance policies: A discrete-time Markov chain approach. 382-390
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  Simonetta Balsamo, Andrea Marin:
  Separable solutions for Markov processes in random environments. 391-403
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  Joshua Landon, Süleyman Özekici, Refik Soyer:
  A Markov modulated Poisson model for software reliability. 404-410
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  Salah Haridy, Zhang Wu, Ka Man Lee, Nadia Bhuiyan:
  Optimal average sample number of the SPRT chart for monitoring fraction nonconforming. 411-421

Decision Support

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  Yao-Yu Wang, Jian-Cai Wang, Biying Shou:
  Pricing and effort investment for a newsvendor-type product. 422-432
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  Kurt Helmes, Rainer Schlosser, Martin Weber:
  Optimal advertising and pricing in a class of general new-product adoption models. 433-443
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  Sebastián Lozano, Placido Moreno, Belarmino Adenso-Díaz, Encarnación Algaba Durán:
  Cooperative game theory approach to allocating benefits of horizontal cooperation. 444-452
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  Holger Kraft, Mogens Steffensen:
  A dynamic programming approach to constrained portfolios. 453-461
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  Yeu-Shiang Huang, Wei-Chen Chang, Wei-Hao Li, Zu-Liang Lin:
  Aggregation of utility-based individual preferences for group decision-making. 462-469
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  Denis Bouyssou, Thierry Marchant:
  Multiattribute preference models with reference points. 470-481
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  Vladislav V. Podinovski:
  Non-dominance and potential optimality for partial preference relations. 482-486
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  Hans Peter Wächter, Thomas Mazzoni:
  Consistent modeling of risk averse behavior with spectral risk measures. 487-495

Innovative Applications of O.R

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  Dong-Shang Chang, Wenrong Liu, Li-Ting Yeh:
  Incorporating the learning effect into data envelopment analysis to measure MSW recycling performance. 496-504
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  Vo Thanh Nha, Sangmun Shin, Seong Hoon Jeong:
  Lexicographical dynamic goal programming approach to a robust design optimization within the pharmaceutical environment. 505-517
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  Patrick Schittekat, Joris Kinable, Kenneth Sörensen, Marc Sevaux, Frits C. R. Spieksma, Johan Springael:
  A metaheuristic for the school bus routing problem with bus stop selection. 518-528
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  Herbert F. Lewis, Sreekanth Mallikarjun, Thomas R. Sexton:
  Unoriented two-stage DEA: The case of the oscillating intermediate products. 529-539
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  Mario Guajardo, Martin Kylinger, Mikael Rönnqvist:
  Speciality oils supply chain optimization: From a decoupled to an integrated planning approach. 540-551
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  Reza Zamani:
  A competitive magnet-based genetic algorithm for solving the resource-constrained project scheduling problem. 552-559

Volume 229, Number 3, September 2013

Invited Review

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  Mahmood Shafiee, Stefanka S. Chukova:
  Maintenance models in warranty: A literature review. 561-572

Discrete Optimization

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  Zizhen Zhang, Oscar Che, Brenda Cheang, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin:
  A memetic algorithm for the multiperiod vehicle routing problem with profit. 573-584
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  Rico Walter, Nils Boysen, Armin Scholl:
  The discrete forward-reserve problem - Allocating space, selecting products, and area sizing in forward order picking. 585-594
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  Michael Drexl:
  A note on the separation of subtour elimination constraints in elementary shortest path problems. 595-598
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  Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Ivana Ljubic, Paolo Toth:
  Exact approaches for solving robust prize-collecting Steiner tree problems. 599-612
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  João P. Teles, Pedro M. Castro, Henrique A. Matos:
  Univariate parameterization for global optimization of mixed-integer polynomial problems. 613-625
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  Hun Go, Ji-Su Kim, Dong-Ho Lee:
  Operation and preventive maintenance scheduling for containerships: Mathematical model and solution algorithm. 626-636

Decision Support

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  Taras Bodnar, Nestor Parolya, Wolfgang Schmid:
  On the equivalence of quadratic optimization problems commonly used in portfolio theory. 637-644
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  Markku Kallio, Merja Halme:
  Cone contraction and reference point methods for multi-criteria mixed integer optimization. 645-653
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  Yucheng Dong, Wei-Chiang Hong, Yinfeng Xu, Shui Yu:
  Numerical scales generated individually for analytic hierarchy process. 654-662
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  Pedro Godinho, Joana Dias:
  Two-player simultaneous location game: Preferential rights and overbidding. 663-672

Innovative Applications of O.R

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  Zhixing Luo, Brenda Cheang, Andrew Lim, Wenbin Zhu:
  An adaptive ejection pool with toggle-rule diversification approach for the capacitated team orienteering problem. 673-682
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  Chung-Yang Chen, Heng-An Liu, Je-Yi Song:
  Integrated projects planning in IS departments: A multi-period multi-project selection and assignment approach with a computerized implementation. 683-694
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  Wen Shi, Zhixue Liu, Jennifer Shang, Yujia Cui:
  Multi-criteria robust design of a JIT-based cross-docking distribution center for an auto parts supply chain. 695-706
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  Ibrahim Ari, Vural Aksakalli, Yusuf Volkan Aydogdu, Serdar Kum:
  Optimal ship navigation with safety distance and realistic turn constraints. 707-717
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  Herbert Meyr, Matthias Mann:
  A decomposition approach for the General Lotsizing and Scheduling Problem for Parallel production Lines. 718-731

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello, Lidia Angulo Meza, Juliana Quintanilha da Silveira, Eliane Gonçalves Gomes:
  About negative efficiencies in Cross Evaluation BCC input oriented models. 732-737
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  Juan Aparicio, Jesús T. Pastor, José Luis Zofío:
  On the inconsistency of the Malmquist-Luenberger index. 738-742
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  Javier Gómez, David Ríos Insua, José M. Lavín, César Alfaro:
  On deciding how to decide: Designing participatory budget processes. 743-750